Well, I work for a wireless communications company (
alwaysBEthere), so I'm probably a little spoiled as far as WAP goes. I got it free for quite some time (when I had my cell with Sprint PCS). The phone I was using had a serial cable that would allow one to hook a palm or laptop, or whatnot up to internet. When you're just using it on the like, 40x40 pixel phone screen, I agree, it is fairly pointless. If you have something like the Kyocera SmartPhone 6035, or the Samsung I-300 it'd be a lot more useful. Phones with integraded PDAs, and also then wireless internet access are just starting to be within the range for
some consumers, but once the price drops, they're going to be hugely popular (at least that's what my work thinks). Wap is nice if you travel on the road a lot, but other than that I think it's currently mostly a novelty item.
P.S. I'm not sure exactly where the distinction is drawn between WAP and other wireless internet junk...that's not my area of focus.